Keywords: Watercourse — noxious pollution — employee actions — strict liability

Keywords: Agricultural land — pollution — waste exemption

Nottingham Magistrates’ Court was told on 14 September 2018 that Ryan Colson, of Westfield Avenue, Heanor, Derbyshire, is the Director of Colson Transport Limited, a waste transfer company based at Bulwell Lane in Old Basford, Nottingham. In 2013, Mr Colson and his company took over the site from the previous operators. A working plan which covered the site was not updated, rendering it “inadequate”, the court was told.

Keywords: textile industry — environmental permit

Keywords: Keywords: sanctions — hazardous waste — asbestos

Statute reference: Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010; Environmental Protection Act 1990; Water Resources Act 1991; Water Resources (Control of Pollution) (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (England) Regulations 2010.

Keywords: Keywords: hazardous chemical — pollution — significant fine

On 14 March 2018, the Environment Agency (EA) announced that it had accepted an offer from Anglian Water following a water pollution incident in Bedfordshire.

Statute reference: s.59(5) Environmental Protection Act 1990, Regulations 12 and 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016

Statute reference: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002